Xabi Alonso out for 2-3 months with broken foot

Xabi Alonso fractured the fifth metatarsal bone in his right foot during Real Madrid's training session today, Wednesday. The Basque midfielder, who returned to the training ground on 26th July after a groin operation, will now be out of action again for between two and three months.

After he was injured, the Real Madrid medical staff immediately gave the midfielder an X-ray which confirmed the exact extent of the injury.

It is the same injury which Marcelo suffered last season during a match for Brazil. The Real Madrid full-back was laid low on 12th October and did not play a match again until three months later, on 15th January.

Xabi has had the ill fortune to suffer an injury shortly before making his return to the field of play, after missing out on the Confederations Cup, Madrid's pre-season games and the league opener against Betis with a groin injury.

Xabi was set to be the main addition to Carlo Ancelotti's squad for the Santiago Bernabéu Trophy, in which Real Madrid takes on Raúl's club, Al-Sadd, tomorrow.